Word 2007 Outline View: Need to see images.

[Stephen Rasey]

How do I see images in Outline View with a DOCX in Word 2007 SP2?

I use Word habitually for journaling my work process, creating reference
documents, client work journals, etc. The ability to quickly collapse to
level 2 for a quick scan for a topic is invaluable.

I also routinely use the Snipping Tool or screen print to capture images of
my work to paste directly into the Word doc. All very easy until Word 2007
DOCX. I cannot find a way to display images in Outline view. I can see
them in Print Layout, in Web View, in Page View.. But I cannot see them in
Outline or Draft (Normal) view.

Yet if I save a DOCX as a DOC, the * immediately * the images appear in
Outline and all other views. Reopen is not necessary, they just show up once
in “compatibility†mode.

I’ve been through the Word Options
| Display |
Check "Print drawings created in Word" and
Check "Print background colors and images"
| Advanced | "Show document content" section
Check "Show background colors and images in Print Layout view" and
Check "Show drawings and text boxes on screen", and
Clear the "Show picture placeholders" box
| OK.

I’m through experimenting. I’ll stick to a .DOC format to solve my
problem.
I’m posting here to document what I view is a problem in Word 2007 Outline
that is baffling someone who uses outline daily for at least the past 10
years.

Baffled,
Stephen Rasey
WiserWays, LLC
Houston, TX

 

[Duncan Akuma]

Stephen has raised important point below. Do any of the MVPs have comment or
suggestions on how to handle this aspect of Word 2007? I use the outline view
in a way similar to Stephen and also find this to be more than just an
annoyance, its fundamentally changing the way that I work in Word.

Best Regards,
Duncan

 

[stugrr]

There's at least one way to solve the problem, and it also works for Draft
view. If you have Visio, paste the image into a Visio drawing. Click outside
the image to deselect it (this step might not be necessary). Select the image
and copy it. Return to the Word doc, select Home | Paste | Paste Special |
Microsoft Visio Drawing Object. Cumbersome, but it works. And of course, it
requires another MS app, Visio.